Hair-drier.



Patented May 2|, I90L No. 674,4ls.

HAIR DRIER.

(Application filed Feb. 15, 1901.)

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No. 674,4I8. Patented May 2|, |901.

C. C. HUNGEHFORD.

HAIR DBIER.

(Applicatian led Feb. 15, 1901.)

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OATHARINE COOPER HUNGERFORD, OF WATERTOWN, NEW YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming partof LettersPatent No. 674,418, dated May 21,1901.

Application led February 15, 1901. Serial No. 47,392. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom) it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CATHARINE COOPER HUNGERFORD, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Watertown,`in the county of .T efferson and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hair- Driers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of driers for use in drying womens hair after washing or shampooing.

The'objects of the inveutionvare to provide a simple, eiiicient, and durable drier for the purpose described; to provide an adjustable neck-rest just below the dryingplate; to j make said drying-plate in two separable sections for storage and shipping purposes; to provide means for adj ustably supportingfthe standard to allow for vertical and lateral adjustment; to provide a separable supporting means for the drying-plate adapted for connection with an ordinary chair-back, and to provide a simple heating attachment. These objects I accomplish by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a perspective view of my improved hair-drier with one-half of the hair supporting screen or plate removed andindicated by dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a plan showing the under side of the hair-supporting screen. Fig. 3 is a section on line am: of Fig. 1 looking in the direction of arrows. Fig. 4. is a detail section on line y yof Fig. l looking in the same direction. Fig. 5 is a detail of a portion of hair-supporting screen showing actual nature of perforations. Fig. 6 is a detail showing parts of upper end of the main standard or rod. Fig. 6a is a plan of the socket A3. Fig. 7 is a side elevation of clamp by which the drier may be secured to chair-back. Fig. 7a is a perspective of said clamp. Fig. 8 is a detail plan View of yoke or rest for supporting the persons head or neck. Fig. 9 is a plan of support for radial ribs, and Fig. l0 is a vertical sectional view of what is shown in Fig. 9.

A designates the vertically-adj ustable main supporting-standard, provided with a base A', having a set-screw d, by means of which the standard may be set at any adjusted height, orin lieu of this support A the support shown in Figs. 7 and 7a may be employed, as will be having a number of radial slotsfb.

hereinafterfully described. The upper end of the standard A is provided with a bifurcated block or head A2, in which is pivoted at (L2-the vertically-rocking socket A3.

Below the head A2 is mounted the verticallyadjustable rib-supporting collar or sleeve B, provided with an angle-flange B',

Cdesignates the radial supporting-arms for the drying-screen D. These arms O have their inner ends curved downward and provided near the lower ends of such curved portions with transverse pins or projections c, which rest on the flange B and support the ribs'C in the slots b, as clearly shown in Figs. 1,9, and 10. The collar or sleeve B is provided with a set-screw B2, Fig. 9, by means ,of'which' it may be set at any desired height.

The drying-screen D is formed, preferably,

of a perforated plate in two halves or sections D D2, having a tongue-and-groove connection along their adjacent edges, as shown in Fig. 4, where the two sections are separated for clearness. The sections D/ D2 have a marginal strengthening-flange, the flange d on the section being formed with va groove d2 to receive the adjacent hanged edge d2 of the section D2, and the section D' is further provided with set-screws d4 to engage the flange d2 and hold the two sections secu rely together in the position shown in Fig. 2. The dryingscreen is also provided at the inner end of the flange d with a depending attaching-pin d5, which enters the aperture in socket A3, as shown in Fig. l.

The drying-screen D is recessed at d6 for the neck of the person and is provided around its entire margin, at its under side, with a series of curtain-hooks d'7, on which the curtain E is suspended. As the screen D is free to rock,- owing to its pivoted socket AS, it may be given any desired angle of adjustment by simply raising or lowering the sleeve B and its connected arms C, and vin order that the head and neck of the person may be properly supported regardless of the adjustment of the screw, Iprovide a neck or head rest F, (see Figs. l and 6,) adapted to engage the back of the neck and provided with parallel slotted arms fj', which embrace the head A2, to which they are adjustably held by two setscrews f f', carried by the head. By these IOO screws the rest F may be secured after being longitudinally adjusted,`and the rest is further supported on a vertical adjusting-screw f2, mounted in an arm f3, projecting from the vhead A2. It will be seen, therefore, that the head of the person may he supported in a perfectly comfortable position regardless of the angle of the screen D.

Gis a simple form of heater mounted on the standard A; but any source of heat or any suitable drying medium, such as air, may be employed under the screen.

H designates a clamp or support for securing the standard A (see Figs. 7 and 7a) in place to the back of a chair occupied by the person whose hair is to be dried. This clamp or support comprises a cross-bar H', having a central aperture through which the standard A passes and is held by a set-screw h, the ends of the cross-bar passing through the bends of two U-shaped clamps h h and provided exterior thereto with thumb-nuts h2, by means of which the cross-bar may be held against turning in the clamps. 'lhe clamps are provided, as usual, in one of their depending legs with horizontal clamping-screws h3 h3 to engage the chair-back andV hold the parts in place thereon.

The operation is as follows: The occupant is seated in a chair, the rest F and screen D are properly adjusted, and the hair is spread out over the screen D. The ascending currents of air, preferably heated air, will now pass through the screen and the hair and quickly and thoroughly dry the latter.

After the operation is nished the screen may be removed, taken apart, and folded, and so also with the radial arms and supporting-standard. The device `will now occupy but small space and may he easily stored in any convenient place.

The hair-supporting screen may be formed of foraminated sheet metal plates, woven wire, or other suitable material, and by the term screen I mean any perforated or intersticed material through which the air may ascend.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A hair-drier, comprising a standard provided at its upper end with a horizontallydisposed foraminated or reticulated plate, on top of which the hair may be spread; the lower side of the plate being uninclosed, and a fabric-curtain suspended from the margin of the said plate to direct ascending air-currents therethrough.

2. A hair-drier, comprising a standard provided at its upper end with a horizontallydisposed hair-supporting screen, means for adjusting the screen to an angle or incline and a curtain depending from the screen.

3. In a hair-drier, a standard provided with vertically-adjustable radial arms and a hairsupporting screen pivoted to the standard and supported therebeyond on said arms.

4. In a hair-drier, a standard provided with a vertically-adjustable sleeve or collar, a plurality of radial arms carried by the sleeve or collar, and a hair-supporting screen pivoted to the upper end of the standard and supported therebeyond by said radial arms.

5. Inahair-drier, a standard provided with a vertically-adj ustable fianged sleeve or collar having radial slots, a series of arms curved downward at their inner ends and there provided with transverse pins or projections for holding the arms in the slots, a socket pivoted to the upper end of the standard, and a hairsupporting screen mounted on said socket and supported therebeyond by said arms.

In a hair-drier, a standard provided at its upper end with a removable sectional hairsupporting screen, curtain -suspending devices around the margin of the screen, and means for adjusting the screen to an angle or incline.

7. In a hair-drier, a standard provided at its upper end with a removable sectional twopart hair-supporting screen, a tongue-andgroove joint connecting the adjacent edges of the sections and means for fastening or securing said edges together.

8. In a hair-drier, a standard provided at its upper end with a socket, a hair-supporting screen formed in two separable sections one of which is provided with a pin to enter said socket.

9. In a hair-drier, a hair-supporting screen in two sections, a groove in one section receiving the edge of the other section, and setserews to bind the two sections of the screen together.

l0. In a hair-drier, a hair-supportin g screen in two sections, a groove in one section receiving the adjacent edge of the other section, set-- screws to bind the sections together, an attaching-pin on one section and curtain-supporting devices on said sections.

ll. In a hair-drier, the combination with a standard, of a hair-supporting screen on the upper end thereof, and a neck or head rest secured to the standard adjacent to one edge of the screen and separate and independent thereof.

l2. In a hair-drier, the combination with a standard, and an adjustable hair-supporting. screen, of an adjustable neck or head rest on the standard adjacent to one edge of the screen.

13. In a hair-drier, the combination with a standard and an adjustable hair-supporting screen pivotally connected with the upper end of the standard, adjustable radial arms for supporting the screen beyond the standard, and a head or neck rest having arms adjustably connected to the standard below Jthe screen and a vertical adjusting-screw on which the neck-rest is supported beyond the standard.

14. The combination with the standard and the hair-supporting screen, of a support com- IOC) IOS

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prising a clamp to embrace a Chair-back or supporting screen formed of a foraminated or like device and means for adjusting the standretioulated plate, a Curtain suspended from ard on the clamp. the margin of the screen, means for adjust- 15. The combination with the standard and ing lthe screen at an angie and aheater mount- I5 5 the hair-supporting screen, of a support comed on the standard Within the Curtain.

prising two clamps adapted to engage a chair- In testimony whereof I affix my signature back and provided with an adjustable orossin presence of two Witnesses. bar having an aperture for the standard and CA'IHARINE COOPER HUNGERFORD. a set-screw to bind the standard therein. Witnesses: 1o 16. A hair-drier comprising, a standard or D. S. MILLER,

support, provided at its upper end Witha hair- E. H. SOUR'BACH.

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